Garry Gary Beers

Bassist

Birthday June 22, 1957

Birth Sign Cancer

Birthplace Australia

Age 66 years old

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About

Known best for his work with the new wave rock band INXS, this Australian bassist also contributed to the 1990 Absent Friends album Here's Looking Up Your Address.

Before Fame

During his high school years, he played guitar in a band called Legolas Elvin Warrior. After meeting songwriter and keyboardist Andrew Farriss, he joined the Farriss Brothers, a band that was later renamed INXS.

Trivia

In the 1991 "Bitter Tears" music video, he performed on a unique glass and acrylic bass.

Family Life

With his first wife, Jodie Crampton, he had daughters named Matilda and Lucy; he also fathered a child named Benjamin through a brief relationship with fellow rock musician Shelley Preston. With his second wife, Jourdan, he had fraternal twins named August and Isla.

Associated With

He and Stone Temple Pilots frontman Scott Weiland co-wrote a track titled "She's So Cold."